“It’s a great club and the fans are unbelievable. I am looking forward to continuing my stay here.”

Having previously experienced Premier League football with Hull, the Egypt international joined the club when they were in the Championship.

“When I came here the main thing was to get back into the Premier League. I had a first difficult season because we didn’t go up. But we did it last year. The Championship is the most difficult league in the world to get out of. But we had a successful year. We want another now.”

Having achieved promotion under manager Dean Smith, Villa have lost their opening two Premier League fixtures. After going down 3-1 at Tottenham on the opening weekend, they suffered a 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth last Saturday.

Elmohamady feels that the team have performed admirably despite the results and is aiming to play his part in establishing the club back in the top division.

“It’s been a difficult start. I think we played really well in the last two games. But sometimes we are unlucky with some mistakes. But if we continue playing well the luck will come. Our main target is to finish as high in the table as possible and be in the Premier League.”

The 31-year-old admitted that it may take time for new signings to adapt after an influx of fresh faces over the summer.

He added: “In the summer, we had new players coming in, who have had to settle in the club, it will take time. Some boys have played in this league before. For some of them, it’s new. Hopefully they can settle quick and we can get going.”